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UK/ɡəʊ/ US/ɡə/ very common british slang uk us

verb

1.

change location; move, travel, or proceed

  • “How fast does your new car go?”
  • “We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus”
  • “The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect”
  • “The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell”
2.

follow a procedure or take a course

  • “We should go farther in this matter”
  • “She went through a lot of trouble”
  • “go about the world in a certain manner”
  • “Messages must go through diplomatic channels”
Synonyms
3.

move away from a place into another direction

  • “Go away before I start to cry”
  • “The train departs at noon”
Antonyms
4.

enter or assume a certain state or condition

  • “He became annoyed when he heard the bad news”
  • “It must be getting more serious”
  • “her face went red with anger”
  • “She went into ecstasy”
  • “Get going!”
Synonyms
5.

be awarded; be allotted

  • “The first prize goes to Mary”
  • “Her money went on clothes”
6.

have a particular form

  • “the story or argument runs as follows”
  • “as the saying goes...”
Synonyms
7.

stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point

  • “Service runs all the way to Cranbury”
  • “His knowledge doesn”
  • “;”
  • “;”
8.

follow a certain course

  • “The inauguration went well”
  • “how did your interview go?”
Synonyms
9.

be abolished or discarded

  • “These ugly billboards have to go!”
  • “These luxuries all had to go under the Khmer Rouge”
10.

be or continue to be in a certain condition

  • “The children went hungry that day”
11.

make a certain noise or sound

  • “She went”
  • “";”
  • “bang”
Synonyms
12.

perform as expected when applied

  • “The washing machine won”
  • “s plugged in”
  • “Does this old car still run well?”
  • “This old radio doesn”
13.

to be spent or finished

  • “The money had gone after a few days”
  • “Gas is running low at the gas stations in the Midwest”
14.

progress by being changed

  • “The speech has to go through several more drafts”
  • “run through your presentation before the meeting”
Synonyms
15.

continue to live; endure or last

  • “We went without water and food for 3 days”
  • “These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America”
  • “The race car driver lived through several very serious accidents”
  • “how long can a person last without food and water?”
16.

pass, fare, or elapse; of a certain state of affairs or action

  • “How is it going?”
  • “The day went well until I got your call”
17.

pass from physical life and lose all all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life

  • “She died from cancer”
  • “They children perished in the fire”
  • “The patient went peacefully”
18.

be in the right place or situation

  • “Where do these books belong?”
  • “Let”
  • “;”
Synonyms
19.

be ranked or compare

  • “This violinist is as good as Juilliard-trained violinists go”
20.

begin or set in motion

  • “I start at eight in the morning”
  • “Ready, set, go!”
Antonyms
21.

have a turn; make one''s move in a game

  • “Can I go now?”
Synonyms
22.

be contained in

  • “How many times does 18 go into 54?”
23.

be sounded, played, or expressed

  • “How does this song go again?”
24.

blend or harmonize

  • “This flavor will blend with those in your dish”
  • “This sofa won”
25.

lead, extend, or afford access

  • “This door goes to the basement”
  • “The road runs South”
Synonyms
26.

be the right size or shape; fit correctly or as desired

  • “This piece won”
Synonyms
27.

go through in search of something; search through someone''s belongings in an unauthorized way

  • “Who rifled through my desk drawers?”
Synonyms
28.

be spent

  • “All my money went for food and rent”
29.

give support (to) or make a choice (of) one out of a group or number

  • “I plumped for the losing candidates”
Synonyms
30.

stop operating or functioning

  • “The engine finally went”
  • “The car died on the road”
  • “The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town”
  • “The coffee maker broke”
  • “The engine failed on the way to town”
  • “her eyesight went after the accident”

adjective

1.

functioning correctly and ready for action

  • “all systems are go”
Antonyms
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noun

1.

a time for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else)

  • “it”
  • “;”
3.

a usually brief attempt

  • “he took a crack at it”
  • “I gave it a whirl”
4.

a board game for two players who place counters on a grid; the object is to surround and so capture the opponent''s counters

Synonyms

Origin

From Middle English gon, goon, from Old English gān (“to go”), from Proto-West Germanic *gān, from Proto-Germanic *gāną (“to go”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₁- (“to leave”). The inherited past tense form yode (compare Old English ēode) was replaced through suppletion in the 15th century by went, from Old English wendan (“to go, depart, wend”). cognates and related terms Cognate with Scots gae, gan, gang, ging, gyang (“to go”), Yola go, goe, goeth, gow (“to go”), West Frisian gean (“to go”), Alemannic German gaa, go (“to go, walk, step”), Bavarian geh (“to go”), Cimbrian ghéenan, gian (“to go”), Dutch gaan (“to go”), Dutch Low Saxon gan, gaon (“to go”), German gehen (“to go”), German Low German gahn (“to go”), Limburgish gaon, goëne (“to go”), Luxembourgish goen (“to go”), Vilamovian gejn, gyjn (“to go”), Yiddish גיין (geyn, “to go, walk”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish gå (“to go, walk”), Crimean Gothic geen (“to go”), Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌰𐌽 (gaggan, “to go”). Compare also Albanian ngah (“to run, drive, go”), Ancient Greek κιχάνω (kikhánō, “to meet with, arrive at”), Avestan 𐬰𐬀𐬰𐬁𐬨𐬌 (zazāmi), Sanskrit जहाति (jáhāti, “to shun, avoid, lay aside”).

Phrases

  • absence makes the heart go yonder
  • as you go
  • Assad must go curse
  • at a go
  • at one go
  • coming and going
  • drive a nail where it will go
  • enough to go around
  • give it a go
  • have a go
  • make a go of it
  • on the go

Related words

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